Improved beead-cuttee



@nitro tatrs gutter @ffice ALBERT M. DEXTER., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ISAAC TOWNSEND, OF SAME PLACE.

Leiters Patent No. 67,032, ma .my 23, 1867.

IMPROVED BREAD-GUTTER.-

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. DEXTER, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania', have invented a new and useful Improvement lon a Bread-Cutter; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. part of this speeificatiomsaid drawings being all in perspective.

Figure 1 isa front view,'K the knife of steel, F the frame of wood.

Figure 2 is a. back view, lettered the same as fig. 1.

Figs. land 2 are on a scale of about one-fourth a. convenient size, the following being on a scale of about three-fourths a. convenient size.

Figure 3 is the crank, H being the handle of wood, which is riveted to the iron part -by a long rivet.

Figure 4 is the nut which holds the crank and knife on to the crank-shaft, seen at'n, iig. 1.

Figure 5 is the gauge, S being the thumb-screw, bymeaus of which it is fastened to the gauge-shaft, seen in fig. 6.

Figure 6 isthe gauge-shaft.

Figure 7 is the crank-shaft, E being the eccentric, which oscillates the gauge-lever.

Figure 8 is the box holding back end of gauge-shaft.

Figure 9 is a spiral spring, which moves the gauge up, as seen at u in fig. 1.

Figure I0 forms the journal for-the crank-shaft, seen at I0', iig. 2, also at 10', fig. 1.

Figure 11 is the front support, the hole at :v being for the crank-shaft, and the hole-at g/ for the gaugeshaft, while the pin" is to hold the gauge-lever, allowing it to oscillate.

Figure I2 is the stop to keep the gauge-lever in place, being screwed to the underneath side of the frame.

Figure 13 is the gauge-lever, the teeth at T playing into the teeth at T in fig. 6

Figure II is the back support, seeii nt I4l in figs. 1 and 2.

As a careful inspection of these drawings will enable any one lskilled in the art to construct my improved breud-eutter, I will proceed to describe its operation. v y

The breud-cutter may be irst fastened to the table or shelf near the edge, so as to' allow the knife and crank to revolve. Then, having adjusted the gauge to the required thickness by mea-ns of the thnnib-screw S, fig. 1. place the bread to be sliced into the frame F, iig. 1, letting it touch the gauge u. Hold it firmly, while with the other hand turn the crank forward, and the knife K will slice off the bread; and the eccentric E, fig. 2, acting on the gauge-lever, raises the end, seen at L, iig. 2, thus turning down the gouge u, and allowing the slice of bread to full and the crank to pass the gauge, at which point the eccentric E on the crank-shaft, fig. 2, will have so far rerolved as to let the action of the spiral spring S S, fig. 2, turn the gauge up again, as at u, iig. 1. Move the bread ,up to the gauge as before, and continue at will.

'lhe operation of my bread-cutter is mueh better, besides being somewhat less expensive, by using a very thin knife, which maybe done, sincevI rivet the crank firmly to the knife, seen at R, fig. 1, thus strengthening .the knife and forming one new feature in my invention. The operation of the gauge, from its simplicity, is not liable to get out of order, and is' just what is required to gauge the thickness of the bread slices.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Iii a brendlcutter, the use of a gauge-lever, operated by the knife-shaft, in combination with the gaugeshaft, furnished with teeth meshing on the toothed segment of the lever. v

2. The crank-handle C, riveted to the knife-handle at one end, and secured to the knife-shaft at the other, as and for the purpose herein specified.

ALBERT M. DEXTER.

Witnesses:

BENJN. C. CHASE, WM. E. CHASE. 

